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For clients who like to pick stocks, advisers may designate a “play money” bucket.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

"We need a regulatory framework, we need to designate operating rules, insurance requirements, accessibility standards, possibly permitting fees, operational limits in high pedestrian areas, and to have accountability for the operators."

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

“After thoughtful discussions, the City of West Hollywood, the WeHo Pride production team, and Kathy Hilton have determined that the 2026 WeHo Pride Parade will not designate a Grand Marshal Icon honoree,” read the statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

The administration is waiting for Beijing to designate its counterpart, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

Migrants will often designate one person to look out for trouble while the others rest.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

The case stems from a broader legal dispute over the renaming of the cultural institution, which US law designates as a memorial to President John F Kennedy.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

The Five-Year Plan designates quantum as one of seven frontier technologies, with coordinated commercialization efforts focused on a smaller set of institutions.

From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026

An uncritical viewing designates this as another “all’s well that ends well” gag.

From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026

Most of these retirements are located in regions of the country the North American Electric Reliability Corporation designates as having an “elevated risk” of electricity shortages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

In fact, the term “graphic art,” which designates drawings and prints, comes from the Greek word for writing, graphos.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

Chen is currently the only US citizen designated as "wrongfully detained".

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Iran has asserted that it has total control over traffic in the Gulf and is willing to barrage ships that don’t travel along its designated corridor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Replacing Messi as Argentina's designated penalty taker is far easier in theory than in practice.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

But he does expect him to take an at-bat or two as the NL’s starting designated hitter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

He’d later buy me my first album, Stevie Wonder’s Talking Book, which I’d keep at his house on a special shelf he designated for my favorite records.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Clients often hear financial planners talk in terms of designating different buckets of money to organize a portfolio.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

The Pentagon on Monday updated its list of Chinese businesses the U.S. has identified as aiding Beijing’s military, designating around two dozen new companies, including tech giants Alibaba and Baidu, limiting their operations in America.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

A good first step to reducing screen time could be designating a set place in the home for devices, such as a particular cupboard.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

That led to the Department of Defense designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk and barring the use of its tools at the Pentagon, following a six-month phase-out.

From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2026

It contained his own notes on Spassky’s games, jotted in pencil, with comments and question marks designating poor moves, exclamation marks designating good ones.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady